Intrada Soundtrack Forum

INTRADA Announces:



MONSIGNOR
Music Composed and Conducted By JOHN WILLIAMS
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
INTRADA ISC 430

Intrada's latest release from 20th Century Fox and UMG is an expanded edition of John Williams' 1982 score to Monsignor. This new release features two programs. The first is the original Casablanca LP program (previously released on Intrada), but with improved mastering as well as the complete score in film order, including additional music not heard on the LP program.

In the early 1980s, John Williams composed the scores to one blockbuster after another (the Star Wars sequels, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark), not to mention carving out time as principal conductor of the Boston Pops. And yet, Williams found time for another project with the London Symphony Orchestra, a drama, in which Christopher Reeve plays John Flaherty, an ordained priest who, once summoned to Rome and assigned to the position of Cardinal within the Vatican, becomes involved with black marketeers and has an illicit romance with a nun. John Williams' score remains one of the truly memorable aspects of the film some 37 years later.

With Mike Matessino at the helm, this new release sources the LP program from the first-generation master stored at UMG in London and the 1-inch, 8-track masters stored in the vaults at 20th Century Fox. Both source elements featured very different mixes, so Matessino elected to include the two aforementioned programs. The album-only material includes "The Meeting in Sicily" and "At the Forum" which were recorded specifically for the LP at a later session, while the complete program includes some previously unreleased tracks, including "The Vatican" and "The Book Shop." One of the score's highlights featured in both programs is "Gloria," a set piece featuring 500 costumed extras in Rome's Basilica of Saints of St. John and Paul -- a five-minute musical sequence with no dialog or sound. The main theme itself is a haunting melody, first heard for solo trumpet, performed by long-time LSO trumpet player Maurice Murphy.

At last collectors can enjoy John Williams' score in this definitive presentation from Intrada.

INTRADA ISC 430
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Retail Price: $19.99
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For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11896/.f

Sweet!!!
Ordered!!!

In for the Matessino essay, alone....

What a gorgeous score. Fantastic to have it back in print with more music.

As I don't own the previous Casablanca release this is a very nice re-issue indeed.
Many thanks to Intrada, Fox & UMG for giving Monsignor the treatment it deserves.

ORDERED

Sorry to disappoint, but we had Jeff Eldridge update his notes for the new release and I just added the "tech talk" section.

Mike M.[/quote]

Not at all, as Jeff E. is an outstanding authority on JW, so I'll take that![/quote]

True! And it was a relief as after the 2018 marathon of The Cowboys, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Dracula, Harry Potter 1-3 and Superman, I needed a break and probably so did everyone else.[/quote]

A break is always nice, and I can speak for most of us to say, Mike your too damn good at what you do!
Discussing the liners alone, some folks never read them while some of us pour over them constantly, memorizing details. I hope more of us appreciate the facts and commentary more than "I never opened the booklet", or worse, bought the download only...

Cheers mxmx!!

Great capstone for Mike Matessino’s John Williams/London Symphony Orchestra restoration project.

Or have I missed one somewhere?

Many thanks for this outstanding effort! I never dreamed we’d get the film tracks.

Never having seen the film, Monsignor had always been one of John Williams' scores that I'd somehow missed. As soon as this expanded release was announced, I bought a copy and am so glad that I did. Excellent score by Mr. Williams and terrific work by everyone involved on the CD.

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Most Wanted: Moonraker - complete; Inside Moves (John Barry), Volunteers; The Hand; Brainstorm - complete (James Horner); MacArthur; Supergirl -expanded (Jerry Goldsmith).

Late to this party, but I just acquired my copy today.

Kudus to all involved for a magnificent CD, and one of the best Intrada releases to date.